| Description |
xii, 308 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
Oxford world's classics |
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Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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| Note |
This translation originally published: Woodbridge: Boydell, 1982. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-308). |
| Contents |
Deor -- The Finnesburh fragment -- Waldere -- The battle of Maldon -- The battle of Brunanburh -- The laws of Wihtred -- Trial by ordeal -- Canute's letter to the people of England -- The Anglo-Saxon chronicle. Vortigern's invitation (449) ; Cynewulf and Cyneheard (757) ; Fiery dragons in Northumbria (793) ; Ashdown and other engagements (878) ; King Alfred and Guthrum (878) ; Stamford Bridge and Hastings (1066) -- The wanderer -- The seafarer -- The wife's lament -- The husband's message -- Wulf -- The ruin -- Ohthere's voyage to the white sea -- Wulfstan's visit to Estonia -- Beowulf -- King Edwin's council -- Caedmon's vision -- Cuthbert's death and disinterment -- Bede on himself -- From Pope Gregory I to Candidus -- From Boniface to Fulrad, Abbot of St. Denis -- From Cuthbert, Abbot of Wearmouth, to Lul -- From Alcuin to Ethelred, King of Northumbria -- From Charlemagne to Offa, King of Mercia -- From Radbrod, Prior of St Samson's at Dol, to King Æthelstan -- Caedmon's hymn -- Advent lyrics I, II and VII -- The dream of the rood -- Durham -- Bede's death song -- Life of King Alfred (extract) -- Preface to St Gregory's Pastoral care -- A colloquy -- The passion of St Edmund -- Thirty-one riddles -- A grant of land at Crediton -- An estate memorandum : duties and perquisites -- A marriage agreement -- A manumission -- The will of King Alfred -- Three charms -- Bald's Leechbook (extract) -- [Excerpt] from the Phoenix -- The panther -- The whale -- The sermon of the wolf to the English -- The fortunes of men. |
| Language |
Translated from the Old English. |
| Subject |
English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Translations into English.
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English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism.
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Anglo-Saxons -- Literary collections.
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Anglo-Saxons -- Sources.
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English literature. (OCoLC)fst00911989
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Anglo-Saxons. (OCoLC)fst00808980
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English literature -- Old English.
(OCoLC)fst01710962
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Übersetzung.
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Literatur.
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Altenglisch.
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Engelsk litteratur -- historia.
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Fornengelsk litteratur -- historia.
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| Chronological Term |
450 - 1100
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| Indexed Term |
Altenglisch |
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Anthologie |
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English literature Old English, ca. 450-1100 History and criticism |
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English literature Old English, ca. 450-1100 Translations into English |
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Literatur |
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Übersetzung |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Literary collections. (OCoLC)fst01423811
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Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
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Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
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| Added Author |
Crossley-Holland, Kevin.
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| ISBN |
9780199538713 (paperback) |
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0199538719 (paperback) |
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